Dominica is sandwiched between the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe and is a world apart from the ‘civilized’ French territories. The rastafari culture is […]
Martinique, France’s tropical backyard
In Grenada it was time to bid farewell to the friends we made in Surinam, Tiki Mas and Cloud 9, and continue sailing north. As […]
Grenada and thinking about hurricane season
We sailed (together with our friends on Tiki Mas) to Grenada. On the way Tiki Mas caught a beautiful yellow fin tuna, which we cleaned […]
Welcome in paradise, do you buy me a beer?
It’s 6:00 in the morning and we are lifting the anchor leaving Charlotteville, when fisherman Joe approaches us on his fishing boat. “I saw you […]
Surinam, three continents in one country
Surinam obtained its independence only in 1975. We did not know much about its history after independence and even less of the earlier period. After […]